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Ravinia South Dakota Map

Explore Ravinia, South Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Ravinia, South Dakota

How to Use This Ravinia, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ravinia, South Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ravinia.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Ravinia
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Charles Mix County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.13666
Longitude	-98.426747
Population	71
Density	110.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57356
Area Code	605
County Seat	Lake Andes
School District	Andes Central School District 11-1

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About Ravinia, South Dakota

Ravinia is a locality in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 110.5 people per km². Ravinia is located at 43.1367°N, 98.4267°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ravinia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57356.

Ravinia occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the sky to dominate the experience of the land. It lies 44.3 miles south-southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 207°T), and is situated 33.1 miles northwest of Springfield. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, bleaching the grasses to a pale straw color and casting long, sharp shadows from the fence posts that mark the boundaries of the plains. Two miles to the east, the surface of Red Lake catches the shifting hues of the afternoon, acting as a quiet mirror for the clouds that drift relentlessly across the basin. The terrain is largely defined by this expansive, unyielding flatness, though the ground begins to wrinkle into the distance toward the shadow of Sunrise Hill, which rises eight miles away as a faint, dark silhouette against the deepening blue of the west.

Ravinia persists as a quiet node of agricultural labor, defined by the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest that dictate the pulse of the local economy. The history of the settlement remains tethered to the soil, where generations have worked the heavy earth, occasionally venturing toward the banks of Sevenmile Creek, four miles distant, to find a respite from the dry heat of the summer months. Residents often look toward the nearby Red Lake to witness the migration of waterfowl, a brief interruption in the otherwise steady, labor-intensive pace of rural life. Beyond the immediate fields, the jagged depression of Williamson Gulch serves as a reminder of the ancient, erosive forces that shaped this region, providing a rugged contrast to the orderly, productive fields that sustain Ravinia and its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Red Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 117° SE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.2 mi, 360° N · 2,043 acres
Lake Andes Units (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 306° NW
Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 347° N
Francis Case Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 212° SW
North Point Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 236° SW
Pickstown Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 223° SW
Lake Francis Case (Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 236° SW
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 214° SW · 2,165 acres
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.9 mi, 347° N
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 171° S
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 056° NE
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 30.3 mi, 145° SE
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 143° SE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 39.3 mi, 105° E
World Trade Center NYC Mural (Public Artwork) — 39.7 mi, 356° N
Original Site of Plankinton School (Monument) — 40.0 mi, 356° N
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 42.1 mi, 152° SE
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 027° NE
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 43.7 mi, 028° NE
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 44.6 mi, 027° NE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 45.0 mi, 027° NE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 47.0 mi, 025° NE
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 48.2 mi, 113° SE
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 327° NW
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 54.5 mi, 108° E
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 55.6 mi, 109° E
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 64.4 mi, 309° NW
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 73.8 mi, 322° NW
Fort Thompson Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 77.9 mi, 323° NW

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